Dr. Daniëlle Slootjes

Biography

Daniëlle Slootjes holds the Chair in Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam, where she is also Head of the Department of History, European Studies, Religious Studies, and Hermetic Philosophy. She began her academic journey in Classics at the University of Groningen and later pursued her MA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her extensive publications focus on late antique Roman administration, ancient geography, and early Christianity, especially in the context of crowd behavior in antiquity, with a particular emphasis on Rome and Constantinople. Slootjes addresses the interconnectedness of the late Roman and early medieval periods through a multidisciplinary lens, integrating aspects of traditional disciplines like philology and archaeology with modern methodologies from sociology and social psychology. She has recently collaborated with the UvA 4DResearch lab to develop virtual reality simulations for teaching and research, further enriching her exploration of the ancient Mediterranean. Slootjes is involved with various research groups, co-coordinating efforts on Late Antiquity and Byzantine studies while actively promoting the study of the ancient world through public engagement.

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